Category Archives: Mythology

Varsha- Monsoon- June & July are Wet and Humid.The landscape around Jaipur turns green.

Sharad August & September are less hot

Hemant- October & November are the start of winter

Shishir – December & January are Cold. Winter has set in.

Basant-Spring – February & March Not too hot not & too cold.

A Mustard Field in Full Bloom

Basant officially starts after Basant Panchmi or Rishi Panchmi ( 5th day of the Magh month), the day when goddess Saraswati was born and is worshiped with Lord Sri Krsihna and Kamdev and his wife Rati .Goddess Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, art & music. The goddess is dressed in white and her vahan are white swan and peacock. In her hands She holds a veeana, a book and a string of beads.She is worshipped in three roops, Maha Sarawati,Maha lakshmi and Maha kali.These are the three roops worshiped in the caves of Vaishno Devi. People dress up in yellow to worship her and offer her yellow sweets and flowers and lotus. It is the most auspicious day to get married also. And people do so too in large numbers.

Basant is the king of all seasons. This is when nature rejuvenates itself. Taking a cue from nature hearts of all men and women sing the joyous songs of life. Suffice it to say here that great writers and poets in India and abroad have written panegyric after panegyric in praise of this season, in particular. Bihari and Padmakar,two poets from Jaipur, writing in Brijbhasa, have outdone themselves in describing basant.

Jaipur Book Lovers held their 99th meetup at Chaisa Cafe, Lal Kothi on, Sunday, 12th May 2019. They were there to celebrate the Book. Because the topic for this meetup was “Books Are The Stars of JBL”. … Continue reading →